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Government assurances committees: a directory
This directory lists parliamentary committees that track the promises, assurances and undertakings ministers give on the floor of the House. Each cell comes from the legislature's own page, rules or committee report. The Lok Sabha committee was first nominated on 1 December 1953 3. In India an assurance must be fulfilled within three months 1. Ghana's committee has 17 members and is chaired from the opposition 8. Blank cells mean the page read did not state the fact.
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Lok Sabha
- Country
- India
- Committee
- Committee on Government Assurances, nominated by the Speaker, first nominated 1 December 1953 3
- What counts as an assurance
- An undertaking by a minister that involves further action by the government in reporting back to the House 1
- Reporting
- Reports to the House on implementation. Assurances due within three months, with extensions and drop requests through OAMS 1
Rajya Sabha
- Country
- India
- Committee
- Committee on Government Assurances, first constituted 1 July 1972, under Rajya Sabha Rule 211-A 3,1
- What counts as an assurance
- Assurances, promises and undertakings given by ministers 3
- Reporting
- Reports how far assurances have been implemented and whether within the minimum time necessary 3
- Source
- Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs handbook 3
Kerala Legislative Assembly
- Country
- India
- Committee
- Committee on Government Assurances, no more than nine members, ministers excluded, under Rules 258 and 259 4
- What counts as an assurance
- Assurances, promises and undertakings given by ministers on the floor of the Assembly, excluding those on private members' bills and resolutions 4
- Reporting
- Reports on implementation. Statements of reasons for delay laid on the Table once in six months 4
- Source
- Assembly committee page 4
Haryana Vidhan Sabha
- Country
- India
- Committee
- Committee on Government Assurances, up to nine members nominated by the Speaker for one year, under Rules 243 to 247 5
- What counts as an assurance
- Assurances, promises and undertakings given by ministers in the House 5
- Reporting
- Reports on the number and kinds of assurances, how far they were carried out and whether within the minimum time necessary 5
- Source
- Assembly committee page 5
National Assembly of Zambia
- Country
- Zambia
- Committee
- Committee on Government Assurances, eight members, quorum of four, under Standing Order No. 155(2) 6
- What counts as an assurance
- Assurances and undertakings made by Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers on the floor of the House 6
- Reporting
- Reports how far assurances were implemented, whether within the minimum time necessary and on delays 6
- Source
- National Assembly committee page 6
Parliament of Ghana
National Assembly of Kenya
- Country
- Kenya
- Committee
- Committee on Implementation, under Standing Order 209 7
- What counts as an assurance
- Undertakings given by the National Executive, House resolutions, adopted committee reports and petitions 7
- Reporting
- Examines whether decisions and undertakings were implemented and may propose sanctions against a Cabinet Secretary who fails to report 7
- Source
- Parliament committee page, 12 February 2015 7
Parliament of Uganda
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Notes
- The Lok Sabha committee for 2020-21 listed a Chairperson and 14 other members 2.
- The Lok Sabha committee can refuse a ministry's request to drop an assurance. Its Eighteenth Report of the 17th Lok Sabha, dated February 2021, lists requests not acceded to 2.
- The text of Uganda's Rule 185 was not readable in the copy opened for this directory, so the reporting cell is blank 9.
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Sources
- Lok Sabha Secretariat: Committee on Government Assurances (2022-2023), Eighty-Fifth Report, Review of Pending Assurances Pertaining to the Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) (July 2023)
- Lok Sabha Secretariat: Committee on Government Assurances (2020-2021), Eighteenth Report, Requests for Dropping of Assurances (Not Acceded to) (February 2021)
- Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs: Monitoring Assurances, Handbook on the Working of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Kerala Legislative Assembly: Committee on Government Assurances, Introduction
- Haryana Vidhan Sabha: Committee on Government Assurances
- National Assembly of Zambia: Committee on Government Assurances
- Parliament of Kenya: Committee on Implementation (12 February 2015)
- Parliament of Ghana: Committee on Assurances
- Parliament of Uganda: The Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Uganda, Statutory Instruments 2025 No. 43